Abstract
The study was aimed to find out risk behavior related to interpersonal violence and demographic correlates among school going adolescents in a rural block of West Bengal. It was a cross sectional study conducted at a co-educational high school at Tarakeshwar block under service area of Medical College Kolkata. Overall 174 adolescents studying in class IX to class XII participated in the study. Proportions, Chi square test and Multivariate logistic regression were highlighted in statistical analysis. Twelve percent of study population thought of killing somebody, 23 % males and 50% females thought of hitting somebody in past 12 months, 12.6 % carried weapon in past 30 days, 6% of study population injured somebody, 16% involved in physical fight inside school, 30.4% repented after physical fight. Risk behavior increased with age and in nuclear families (p<0.05), females were more violent in thinking domain. Findings were nearly similar to those in other countries. Large scale studies can be further informative.
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